11880 damper change

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Hi all, I’ve recently changed all the dampers and used windex to push / pull the print head due to the Cyan channel having clogs. I managed to put everything back together, it started leaking between the ink selector and inkline, yes, the o ring is in there and i did stretch the springs a little to give it a tighter fitt. After initial fill, only 2 channels are firing correctly, the rest are only firing on the top nozzles and not in the middle or bottom nozzels, any ideas? Thank you for your time.

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You need new o-rings. And also stretching the springs and getting a “tighter” fit is no recommended. Tight fits actually compress the o-rings too much or may have stripped something internally leading to a broken seal. There is very specific torch required (not too much, not too little). Did you read the entire epson maintenance procedure?

best,
Walker

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Hi Walker, thank you for your reply. Per your suggestion, I ordered new o ring and springs, it is still leaking. Also i’m getting an error 1a39 now :frowning:

As of right now, I’ve removed the head and soaking it with piezoflush while I ponder on the next move. Any suggestion? I’ve removed the right cover, cleaned the flushing box, capping station and flush every line already.

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your head has an electrical short in it most likely caused by ink contamination.

-Walker

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Thank you Walker, I went ahead and blow dry out every nozzel with a syringe and tube, left the print head overnight next to the dehumidifier and viola, no more error code.

I proceeded to do an initial fill, the process was completed, but I ran out of Light Cyan ink, so I’ll need to buy a new cartridge and see if it’ll print a nozzle check next.